BACKGROUND: Scedosporiasis is an emerging mycosis that has gained importance in recent years due to its worldwide prevalence. It is caused by species of the Scedosporium apiospermum complex. These species can cause opportunistic infections in immunoc...
INTRODUCTION: Immune cell functional assay (ImmuKnow®) is a non-invasive method that measures the state of cellular immunity in immunosuppressed patients. We studied the prognostic value of the assay for predicting non-cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection...
BACKGROUND: In transplant recipients, due to the use of immunosuppressive therapy, it is occasionally difficult to distinguish between an infection and malignancy, especially in the case of a lung lesion. Here, we report a case of isolated pulmonary ...
BACKGROUND: BK virus allograft nephropathy is a major complication of kidney transplantation that markedly reduces graft survival (50% graft failure 24 months after being diagnosed). BK virus replication can occur at any time posttransplantation. Vir...
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to develop and validate an explainable machine learning (ML) model to predict 28-day all-cause mortality in immunocompromised patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Accurate and interpretable mortality predic...
For Ashley Zappia (Figure 1), getting her hands dirty was part of her job. Even though she always tried to remain as clean as possible, her work as a nursing aide at a Southern California hospital required a lot of diapering, changing, and other hand...
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has underscored the importance of vaccines, especially for immunocompromised populations like solid organ transplant recipients, who often have weaker immune responses. The purpose of this study was to compare de...